Among Louisiana's many quirks is a legal one: Its laws, rather than being based on English Common Law like those in the other 49 states, are instead based on the Napoleonic Code. I confess that I have ...

There are many things that Napoleon Bonaparte was known for — his leadership abilities, his rise and fall, his height, his hand tucked in his coat, Josephine. In Louisiana, however, he is widely known ...

In Mary et al. QEP Energy Company the question was, given an encroachment of a pipeline onto the property of another, what is the test for determining the good faith, or not, of the party in ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Louisiana History is a scholarly publication of the Louisiana Historical Association (LHA). Published quarterly, the journal began ...

The question in Self v, BPX Operating Company is how to balance the Louisiana Civil Code Art 2292 principle of negotiorum gestio against Louisiana’s conservation statutes. When a tract of land is ...